About the speakers: Nilüfer Göle (born 1953) is a prominent Turkish sociologist and a leading authority on the political movement of today's educated, urbanized, religious Muslim women. From 1986 to... Read more

Eylem Atakav (Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia)

13 February 2017 - 5:00pm

Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College

The seminar will include a documentary film "Growing up Married" and following Q&A session. Growing Up Married is a documentary which focuses on the stories of child brides recollecting their... Read more

Abstract This paper discusses the complex and entangled relationships between Kurdish women's rights activism, the wider Kurdish political movement and Turkish women's rights activism. Based on... Read more

Convened by Stephanie Cronin, Roshan Institute Visiting Research Fellow Supported by Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute and the Gerda Henkel Foundation The concept of the “dangerous classes” was born... Read more